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Since the Constitutional Court ruled in September 2018 that the personal use of dagga in a private space is not a criminal offence, interest in cannabis has grown exponentially in South Africa. From dagga growing workshops, dagga conventions and even dagga growing garden kits, roleplayers in the industry are not letting the grass grow under their feet, moving at pace to ensure they can cash in, even though actual legislation still needs to be formulated

Cape Town based company AgriProtein has been named among just two companies hailing from Africa in the Global Cleantech 100, a list of the 100 companies best positioned to solve the future’s clean-tech challenges. This is an amazing achievement, especially given the fact that the company was established only a decade ago, in 2018, in Phillipi. AgriProtein is a waste-to-protein solution provider that uses black soldier fly larvae to turn food waste into insect protein,

“You watch this space” — This was the President’s promising refrain throughout his State of the Nation Address this week. Reflecting on interventions in state-owned enterprises and crucial state agencies such as the National Prosecuting Authority and the South African Revenue Service, Cyril Ramaphosa emphasised that meaningful progress had been made. He also announced that ten years after the Scorpions were disbanded, he would set up a special directorate to deal with serious corruption. The